yesterday or the day before
i started up my car and as i was reversing out i realise that the fuel guage had the needle about a cm under E
i was like WTF!!!! shit myself completely. cos i jus filled up the day before. it should be reading Full.
so i thought hrmz the everything else reads fine, engine sounds fine, guess its jus the guage. so i drive it a bit keeping it low revs and it eventually rises up to 3/4 and then later full and then when i come to a complete at lights it went down to below half. this was all withing 10 minutes i reckon.
wtf! what could be causing this. it seems to be ok now? but i dun really trust it as it jumps a bit sometimes but i assume thats from the fuel sloshing around inside.
should i worry about it? should i take it to mechanic to get it checked out?
and also sometimes when im boostin hard and turn down the windows, i get a strong smell of petrol. i checked the engine numerous times and it seems to be fine. then today me and my friend were both flat on our faces having a look at my piping till i came across to the front piping, the piping before the catalylic convertor that leads to the engine bay. well this piping has a seam along it where it was welded i guess and as i follow it towards the engine i see that this seam has been split open, about a 1cm crack. could this be causing the petrol smell?
appreciate the help